Airhostess in cash mule net

January 10, 2018

Time was when some of the best-known industrialists in India would find their perfect life partners among airhostesses. Now, an alleged hawala operator has been accused of befriending an airhostess and persuading her to smuggle out dollars.
The Jet Airways airhostess has been arrested on the charge of trying to smuggle out $480,200 (over Rs 3 crore), wrapped in aluminium foil to evade X-ray scanners, the directorate of revenue intelligence (DRI) said.
The 25-year-old stewardess was picked up from a plane at 3am on Monday before it took off for Hong Kong from Delhi.
The DRI feels the cash was part of a wider racket run by bullion dealers using in-flight crew to buy gold abroad.
Amit Malhotra, the alleged hawala operator, has also been arrested. Malhotra is said to have befriended the airhostess six months ago during a flight to India. The airhostess had allegedly made seven trips to Hong Kong, carrying dollars worth Rs 10 crore.
"Malhotra would collect money from some bullion dealers in Delhi and send it (abroad) via an airhostess.... The money was being used for purchasing gold. The gold would then be sent to India illegally," the DRI said.
Jet Airways said in a statement: "During an inspection by the DRI team on January 08, 2018, a large sum of foreign currency was recovered from an employee of the airline. The employee has been taken into custody. Based on the investigations and inputs from law enforcement agencies, the airline will take further action.
"Jet Airways has a strict code of conduct and zero tolerance towards any action of its employees that contravenes domestic or international laws of the countries ino which it operates."
Brawl pilots fired
Two senior Jet Airways pilots who were involved in a midair brawl inside the cockpit of a London-Mumbai flight on January 1 were fired on Tuesday.
"Consequent to the review of the events on board Flight 9W 119 London-Mumbai of 01 January 2018, Jet Airways... has terminated services of both the cockpit crew with immediate effect," the airline said in a statement.
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